University Information Systems
Contact: Diane Beckman, Director
Responsible for coordinating university-wide information systems application development functions for the university. University Information Systems includes student, business, distributed, financial, and internal systems as well as HR, payroll, budget, Institutional Research, facilities, and new technologies.
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Student Systems
Student Systems provides support of IT Services applications developed for the Admissions, Residence/Dining, Financial Aid, ISU Card, Registrar, University Receivables, and Graduate College offices. The group is broken into three sub-groups: Admissions/Registrar, Residence/Dining, and Financial Aid/Receivables to promote solid client partnerships.
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Distributed Systems
Distributed Systems provides support of third party systems for the Alumni Association, ISU Foundation, Student Health, Rec Services and International Students & Scholars. Other responsibilities include developing and supporting Access databases for various departments and supporting the HEAT call tracking system for IT Services. The group also offers a variety of services to augment, develop, manage, and better maintain web material.
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New Technology
New Technology is a proactive group leading and coordinating research, evaluation, recommendation, and installation of new technology efforts related to information access and distribution. Many of their projects involve cooperative efforts with other IT Services groups, clients, and vendors. The group also aids in developing educational material and assisting staff in the application interface and use of newly installed technology.
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Financial Systems
Financial Systems provides support to offices within the Controller's Department, departments reporting to the Vice President of Business and Finance, and for business processes used throughout the university community. Other responsibilities include supporting the purchasing application for the university, Transportation Services, Central Stores, and the University Bookstore, along with developing unique interfaces to purchased business applications such as those used by IT Services, ISU Printing Services, Transportation Services, Central Stores, University Book Store, and Facilities Planning & Management.
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Data Warehouse
Data Warehouse is responsible for developing an environment of university-wide summary information that will provide information for decision support and management activities at ISU including budgeting, planning, forecasting, decision-making, and reporting. Additional responsibilities include support for the Office of Institutional Research, which is responsible for the collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of information on all aspects of the university's activities.
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Internal Systems
Internal Systems, consisting of Internal Systems and Data Control, provides support to the other application development teams within IT Services. Services include the design and development of internal systems and the scheduling, preparation, and control of computer jobs for batch processing.
Internal Systems supports IT Services billing and equipment systems. The group also develops and maintains the IT Services data dictionary.
Data Control oversees, schedules, and controls the daily batch processing routines. This group maintains a schedule to ensure that all production jobs are processed and that they are processed in the proper order for our clients.
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Employee & Facilities Systems
Employee & Facilities Systems develops and supports systems for ISU's Human Resource and Payroll systems including benefits, hourly payroll, salary commitments, vacation/sick leave, electronic personnel actions, and budget. Additional responsibilities include supporting the administrative computing needs of Institutional Research, Ag Experiment Station, Coop Extension, the Provost Office, Residence Halls, and FP&M.
